When the Croatian American Society celebrates the grand opening of their new cultural center, the Croatian House, on Saturday, September 23, in Belle Chasse, President of Croatia Zoran Milanović will be on hand to cut the symbolic ribbon.

Despite the eorts of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prevent the current salt water intrusion from moving up river by installing an underwater sill at around river mile 64, it was announced at multiple public meetings that the salt water is expected to overtop the sill and continue traveling up river.

Two born and raised Belle Chasse football players, Ty Martinez and Luke Carlton, competed against each other in a D3 Week 1 match-up 6as the Huntingdon Hawks took on the Berry Vikings at Valhalla stadium in Rome, Georgia. Both started their football career with Plaquemines Parish’s Recreation Department and later went on to Belle Chasse Middle School where they played together on defense. Martinez decided to stay local, playing inside and outside linebacker for Belle Chasse High School graduating in 2020 and going on to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL to play outside linebacker.

Venture Global LNG has provided funding to the YMCA of Greater New Orleans to provide free high speed internet access to residents living in the southern part of Plaquemines Parish. _e access is available at the YMCA's community centers located in Buras and Port Sulphur. _e generous $79,000 donation from Venture Global LNG covers infrastructure improvements needed to provide wireless internet access in these two locations, as well as ongoing funding for service through the end of 2024.

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I was paying my bill at the local supermarket here in Baton Rouge when the lady at the cash register asked me, “Are you going to the game in Tiger Stadium Saturday night?” I paused for a minute, then told her: “I think my days going to Tiger Stadium are over.” She looked disappointed and told me, “Yeah, they sure are off to a terrible start. That Florida State game was embarrassing.” It just wasn’t the loss that turned me off.

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Rotary Club of Belle Chasse Meetings The Rotary Club of Belle Chasse meets every Tuesday at 12 p.m. at Adams Catfish House in Belle Chasse.

We are getting to the point where it’s safe to say cooler weather is on the way. The mornings aren’t quite so hot, and the evening temps are falling well below 80. It’s time to get out into the yard and start preparing tired, crispy garden beds for our best gardening season, which starts soon! The recent rains have perked a lot of plants up and I’m seeing some healthy signs of growth on woody ornamentals, perennials, and trees which is encouraging. Remember that these plants are still in an extremely stressed state, which is why so many live oaks are falling in the city. The gauntlet of dry weather and relentless heat took a toll and plants need a few years to recover from that amount of stress. Extremes like that retard growth and make plants less able to fight off diseases and pests using natural defenses. Because of this, hold off on any pruning until November at the earliest. The exception being repeat- blooming roses, those can be safely trimmed back now to encourage a flush of blooms for fall. Remove the top 1/3 of the canes, take out any dead sections, and lightly fertilize.